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Cancer Treatment

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Cancer Treatments are carried out by highly skilled medical professional teams dedicated solely to cancer treatments. "Higher Volume, better outcomes" is true in these healthcare services. The cure rates for stomach cancer, liver cancer and uterine cervix cancer are worth noting, since they are the commonest cancers in Korea. Nuclear medicine and radiotherapy techniques using the superlative equipments such as proton accelerator, thermotherapy, and cyber knife are amongst the best in the world.

International Comparison of 5 year survival rate

(unit:%)
Korea (1995-2001) USA (1995-2001) + Japan (1996) ++
All 44.3 65.0 40.8
Stomach 47.3 23.2 48.1
Liver 13.1 9.7 14.4
Lung 13.0 15.3 15.0
Colon/Rectum 58.0 64.1 (53.5/51.3)*
Breast 82.8 88.2 80.2
Cervix 79.8 73.3 (65.4)**

+ SEER | ++ Osaca Cancer Registry | * Colon/rectum | ** Cervix and uterine cancer